Tetsurō Yoshida
Japanese screenwriter.
Zatôichi to Yôjinbô
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
Tôkaidô obake dôchû
In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground, the door is opened for the Yokai Monsters to step in.
Zatôichi kenka-daiko
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid.
Yôkai hyaku monogatari
A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.
Yôkai daisensô
When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
Heitai yakuza godatsu
Private Omiya (Shintaro Katsu) and Private First Class Arita (Takahiro Tamura) are sent to the border of the Soviet Union.
Daimajin ikaru
Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshipers.
Daimajin gyakushû
In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
Daimajin
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Zatôichi kesshô-tabi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father.